Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Act 2025

61 Information about estates or interests in land

(1) The Authority may give a notice to an occupier of land, or to a person who receives rent (either directly or indirectly) in respect of land, requiring the person to confirm in writing—

(a) the nature of the person’s estate or interest in the land, and

(b) if that person knows of another person who has an estate or interest in the land, the other person’s name and contact details (if known).

(2) In subsection (1)(b), “contact details”, in relation to a person, means the person’s address and any other information about how the person may be contacted.

(3) The Authority may not give a notice under this section unless it needs the information required by the notice to enable or assist it to exercise a function conferred by or under this Act.

(4) A notice under this section may require the information to be given within—

(a) 20 working days beginning with the first working day after the day the notice is given, or

(b) any longer period specified in the notice or agreed by the Authority.

(5) This section does not require or permit information to be given contrary to any prohibition imposed by an enactment or other rule of law.

(6) The Authority may not give a notice under this section to a relevant public authority.

(7) The Authority may not give a notice under this section to an appropriate Crown authority in respect of an estate or interest in Crown land which is not a private interest.